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1package Devel::FindRef; 1package Devel::FindRef;
2 2
3use strict; 3use strict;
4 4
5use XSLoader; 5use XSLoader;
6 6use Scalar::Util;
7 7
8BEGIN { 8BEGIN {
9 our $VERSION = '0.1'; 9 our $VERSION = '1.2';
10 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION; 10 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION;
11} 11}
12 12
13=head1 NAME 13=head1 NAME
14 14
45 testsub; 45 testsub;
46 46
47The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update 47The output is as follows (or similar to this, in case I forget to update
48the manpage after some changes): 48the manpage after some changes):
49 49
50 SCALAR(0x676fa0) is 50 SCALAR(0x7bd2d0) is
51 in the global $Test::var.
51 referenced by REF(0x676fb0), which is 52 referenced by REF(0x7bd240), which is
53 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x7bd228), which is
54 referenced by REF(0x81dae8), which is
55 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x81da88), which is
56 in the global &Test::testsub.
57 referenced by REF(0x81da40), which is
58 in the global $Test::hash2.
59 referenced by REF(0x79f3f8), which is
52 in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x676370), which is 60 in the lexical '$x' in CODE(0x79f518), which is
61 the containing scope for CODE(0x81da88), which is
62 in the global &Test::testsub.
63 referenced by REF(0x79f2f0), which is
53 not found anywhere I looked :( 64 not found anywhere I looked :(
54 referenced by REF(0x676360), which is 65 referenced by REF(0x79f140), which is
55 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x756660), which is 66 in the member 'ukukey' of HASH(0x81d698), which is
56 in the global %Test::hash. 67 in the global %Test::hash.
57 in the global $Test::var.
58 referenced by REF(0x6760e0), which is
59 in the member 'ukukey2' of HASH(0x676f30), which is
60 referenced by REF(0x77bcf0), which is
61 in the lexical '$local' in CODE(0x77bcb0), which is
62 in the global &Test::testsub.
63 referenced by REF(0x77bc80), which is
64 in the global $Test::hash2.
65
66 68
67It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value 69It is a bit convoluted to read, but basically it says that the value
68stored in C<$var> can be found: 70stored in C<$var> can be found:
69 71
70=over 4 72=over 4
78 80
79=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable 81=item - in the hash element C<ukukey2>, in the hash in the my variable
80C<$local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash referenced by 82C<$local> in the sub C<Test::testsub> and also in the hash referenced by
81C<$Test::hash2>. 83C<$Test::hash2>.
82 84
85=back
86
83=head1 EXPORTS 87=head1 EXPORTS
84 88
85None. 89None.
86 90
87=head1 FUNCTIONS 91=head1 FUNCTIONS
99=cut 103=cut
100 104
101sub find($); 105sub find($);
102 106
103sub track { 107sub track {
108 my ($ref, $depth) = @_;
109 @_ = ();
110
104 my $buf = ""; 111 my $buf = "";
112 my %seen;
113
114 Scalar::Util::weaken $ref;
105 115
106 my $track; $track = sub { 116 my $track; $track = sub {
107 my (undef, $depth, $indent) = @_; 117 my ($refref, $depth, $indent) = @_;
108 118
109 if ($depth) { 119 if ($depth) {
110 my (@about) = find $_[0]; 120 my (@about) = find $$refref;
111 if (@about) { 121 if (@about) {
112 for my $about (@about) { 122 for my $about (@about) {
113 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 123 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
114 $buf .= $about->[0]; 124 $buf .= $about->[0];
115 if (@$about > 1) { 125 if (@$about > 1) {
126 if ($seen{$about->[1]+0}++) {
127 $buf .= " $about->[1], which was seen before.\n";
128 } else {
116 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n"; 129 $buf .= " $about->[1], which is\n";
117 $track->($about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1); 130 $track->(\$about->[1], $depth - 1, $indent + 1);
131 }
118 } else { 132 } else {
119 $buf .= ".\n"; 133 $buf .= ".\n";
120 } 134 }
121 } 135 }
122 } else { 136 } else {
127 $buf .= (" ") x $indent; 141 $buf .= (" ") x $indent;
128 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n"; 142 $buf .= "not referenced within the search depth.\n";
129 } 143 }
130 }; 144 };
131 145
132 $buf .= "$_[0] is\n"; 146 $buf .= "$ref is\n";
133 $track->($_[0], $_[1] || 10, 1); 147 $track->(\$ref, $depth || 10, 1);
134 $buf 148 $buf
135} 149}
136 150
137=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref 151=item @references = Devel::FindRef::find $ref
138 152
139Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message 153Return arrayrefs that contain [$message, $ref] pairs. The message
140describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the 154describes what kind of reference was found and the C<$ref> is the
141reference itself, which cna be omitted if C<find> decided to end the 155reference itself, which can be omitted if C<find> decided to end the
142search. 156search. The returned references are all weak references.
143 157
144The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are 158The C<track> function uses this to find references to the value you are
145interested in and recurses on the returned references. 159interested in and recurses on the returned references.
146 160
147=cut 161=cut
148 162
149sub find($) { 163sub find($) {
150 my ($about, $excl) = &find_; 164 my ($about, $excl) = &find_;
151 my %excl = map +($_ => 1), @$excl; 165 my %excl = map +($_ => undef), @$excl;
152 grep !$excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about 166 grep !exists $excl{$_->[1] + 0}, @$about
153} 167}
154 168
155=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $ptr 169=item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer
156 170
157Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar 171Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar
158you are interested in. This function can be used to turn the address into 172you are interested in (e.g. C<HASH(0x176ff70)>). This function can be used
159a reference to that scalar. It is quite safe to call on valid addresses, 173to turn the address into a reference to that scalar. It is quite safe to
160but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. 174call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones.
175
176 # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref:
177 my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70;
161 178
162=back 179=back
163 180
164=head1 AUTHOR 181=head1 AUTHOR
165 182

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